TOLLAND, Conn. —
Like many of the victims of the Connecticut sex trade gang, the gang has been plaguing young people and teenage boys for more than 20 years, samuel Marino never told his family or police to be forced to have sex with a much older man.
On 2009, Marino robbed the car from two different women and led the police to pursue it, killing him at the age of 26.
Years later, Marino found a handwritten note during a raid on the home of a suspected gang leader, writing that he was angry, ashamed and disgusted with the way he was used
"He can't cope with the torture and stigma of prostitution and drug use," said his mother Linda Marino, who discovered the sex deal two years ago after announcing his arrest.
"I'm sure he feels desperate and desperate.
When my son Sam went through it all, the pain he couldn't help him was insurmountable.
Police say they have identified at least 15 victims of the Connecticut human trafficking gang, but they believe there are dozens more.
Police said the operation appeared to have taken place before the age of 1990 and was not discovered until January 1, 2016 when a state probation officer reported to the authorities.
Officials say a victim told the probation officer about trafficking.
Two men admitted trafficking
The charges and third charges are expected to be tried early next year.
The case sets out the scourge of what victims and advocates say is the underreporting of male sex deals.
While both victims of trafficking in men and women are suffering from trauma and other psychological trauma, the victims and advocates say the data suggest that it is unlikely that men and boys will come forward when they come forward, they are more likely to find counseling and other services.
Police say the suspects are targeting young boys and young people with developmental disorders, mental illness and drug addiction.
One of the defendants, Robert King, found some victims at the rehab facility.
According to the arrest warrant, he allegedly gave them drugs, including heroin and cocaine, and took them to other men because of sex, so that they could earn money to repay the drugs.
King Danbury, 53, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to sell people and is expected to be sentenced to 1/2 years in prison after a joint crime.
At the trial of Bruce beimer, a wealthy Glastonbury businessman, another defendant, his lawyer said he was not charged.
The third defendant in West Port, William trefger, 74, admitted in February to fund a person who was trafficked and was sentenced to one year in prison.
The human trafficking gang left traces of destruction.
Victims suffer from various psychological diseases, including
According to lawsuits filed by several victims, trauma stress disorders and repeated memories.
Their family continued to deal with the trauma afterwards.
A man, known as the "first victim" in the arrest warrant, suffers from a serious mental health condition and is unable to live independently.
He told police he was looking for recyclable bottles when he met King.
Another young man described as "Victim 2" in the arrest warrant suffered from severe psychological disorders.
He told police he was paid between $50 and $80 for having sex with older men.
He said Kim threatened to kill him if he told anyone about the gang, which left him a wound.
An arrest warrant says he told a health care agency that he was embarrassed and worried that people might think he was gay when he was away.
Colorado judge Robert Long, an American lawmaker, says it's not uncommon for male victims to worry about their temperament and sexual orientation being questionedS.
Advisory committee on human trafficking.
Although all victims of human trafficking and sexual assault tend to be reluctant to come forward due to fear and other problems, Long said there are fewer services, including counselling, as most service providers focus on treating women, so men can use it.
"Society's view of boys is that men are not victims," Lung said . " He, like other members of the Advisory Committee, is a sexual transaction survivor.
"On the one hand, I can count on the number of organizations in the country that are specific to boys and men.
This is a big problem.
He cited 2010 studies by John Marshall Law School professor Samuel Jones, which found that only two of the 222 institutions and programs that received funding from the federal government for anti-corruption
Committed to combating the trafficking of men and boys.
President Trump's appointed advisory committee on human trafficking is expected to make many suggestions in a report early next year.
Lung hopes that one of them will include providing incentives to providers to treat more male trafficking victims.
Advocates say that there is a lack of accurate data on sex transactions between men and boys, and estimates of the number and gender of victims vary greatly.
National Human Trafficking hotline operated by the government
The Polaris fund said 8,524 human trafficking cases were reported in the United States. S.
Last year, including sexual intercourse and labor trafficking.
There were 1,124 cases involving male victims.
Other studies have shown that the proportion of male victims is much higher, and in some reports, including John Jay's criminal justice College's 2008 studies on sexual exploitation of children in New York City, account for more than half.
A report last year estimated 4.
In 2016, 8 million adults and children worldwide were victims of sexual transactions.
However, reports from the International Labor Organization, the Freedom Walk Foundation and the International Organization for Migration say that women and girls account for 99 of all victims.
A 2016 study funded by the United StatesS.
The Ministry of Justice interviewed nearly 1,000 young people involved in the sex trade and found that 36 of them were men.
Some 53 of these victims are heterosexual, 36 are bisexual and 9 are gay, according to the Court Innovation Center and the John Jay Institute of Criminal Justice.
Some reports show that gay and transgender men and boys are at greater risk of becoming victims of sexual transactions.
However, supporters say the victim's sexual orientation is irrelevant.
The Connecticut victim who died in a car accident, Samuel Marino, revealed his feelings in a typo.
Police said they found the search warrant in the King's Danbury trailer on 2016.
King is mentioned in the note.
"I was very angry with Bob about myself," he wrote . ".
"Guilt, shame and remorse.
This is an act of survival.
I was used.
Not my falt.